Today I would like to share about make-ups. Well, every girl gotta know at least a bit about make-up right? At least for your husband's eyes ;) mind you, this post more on sharing the stuffs I used rather than a make-up application education.
I am not an expert in make-up stuffs, I too, still in try and error phase but I thought I would like to share my own personal favourite brand choices and how I apply them. Of course, before anything, I would apply a toner and moisturizer on my face first. My favourite brand for years is The Body Shop, from the Vitamin E range.
1) Foundation
This is the most basic in any make-up. I use Stila brand for 2 years now. Before this, I used brand from MAC but I didn't quite like it because I found it too thick for me. After applying them, my face would become too 'heavy' and I felt like my skin cannot breathe. It also harder to wash them off and sometimes, one or two pimples would come out after I used them. It become even worse if I'm sweating. Rasanya, untuk heavy use atau jangka masa panjang macam untuk jadi pengantin, sesuai lah kot. I love Stila because it is light and 'airy'. I just need a few dabs to apply on my face. It also not so sticky and my skin feels lighter, maybe because it doesn't block my skin from breathing. Last year the price was RM130+, recently I bought it already costed RM155! Psst...to tell you a secret, sometimes I am too lazy to apply foundation, I often skip it and straight away dab baby powder instead. Jimat sikit hahaha.
2) Compact Powder
Then, the next step I would apply compact powder. For compact powder, I use from Benefit brand. I love all Benefit's packaging, they are so cute! To tell the truth, I don't really fancy using compact powder. I prefer using normal baby powder since forever. Yes, that is the truth! The reason I buy a compact is because of its size, I can bring it everywhere. The reason I love Benefit is because instead of using a sponge, the packaging also contained a brush which I prefer to use so I can apply the powder very lightly. That explains the reason why this hasn't finish yet. I don't use compact powder on daily usage.
3) Eye Shadow
I also put foundation on my eyes as I read the tips it could make the eye shadows stick there longer. I have various brands of eye shadows. I use eye shadows everyday for work and special events. My current and favourite brand that I use now is from Urban Decay. I also have some from MAC but after I had been introduced to Urban Decay, there is no turning back! I love Urban Decay because the colors are bright even on the first apply and most important, the color is maintained on your eyes longer. Unlike other brands, during the evening, the color starts to running out leaving an oily skin around your eyes. It gets even worse when we are sweating. I bought this Urban Decay series of Naked 2, Wizard of Oz and some other loose colors. Man, they're expensive fuhh. Oh, and I have Stila in natural color to wear as a base. When applying eye shadow, I would use two colors, one is for the theme of the day or as a main, and another one is for the darker side, or as a tone to enhance the main color. Do you get what I mean? Hahaha. For example, if I wanted to use pink as my main color, I would blend it with dark brown to enhance the main color. I prefer to use my finger to apply instead of brush because the color would be easily applied and gets evenly better. It's quite difficult to use brush because I have to dip the brush on eye shadow palletes many times to get the color stick on my eyelids. my skin color is suitable to wear 'earth' or natural color and that explains why my Naked 2 is berlubang-lubang because I choose them everytime.
4) Eye Liner
I have tried several brands for eye liners, liquids, pencils and crayons. From expensive types like Inglot, MAC and Stila but my forever choice would be Maybelline! Yes, Maybelline. I love their crayon-type of eye liner forever since. Although I have tried other brands that much more expensive than this, it still cannot beat Maybelline. I find it easier to apply and control. Oh yes, I am not so good with liquid or pencil eye liner. My favourite color would be brown and black. Brown for a little natural concept and black for much more dramatic effect. Hahaha..konon.
5) Eye Brow liner
For eye brow liner also I have used several brands like The Body Shop, MAC, Inglot and Stila but now, my ultimate favourite would the from the brand Make Up Forever. The color looks naturally to my eye brow. I usually would choose dark brown, not black. Black would make my face looks matured and fierce. Muka aku dah cukup sombong, thank you. To master the art of applying eye brow liner takes ages. Even now, I am still practising. I am lucky enough to draw both equally the same which is not happen too frequent. They would come out one is thicker than the other, sometimes I drew it a little too long, and there were times I drew it out of my eye brow area. If the differences are too obvious, I would scrub them off with make up remover and draw it again LOL. To draw, I have found the best method from Facebook that is to start by drawing a frame of your liner brow and then just filling it with the pencil. I prefer pencil because I'm comfortable with that. I saw that using brush and eye-brow pallete gives a better effect and I'd like to try that someday.
6) Mascara
To tell you the truth, I am not an expert in applying mascara. One is because I have a short eye-lashes and also because I just simply do not know how to apply it in a correct way! My brand of choice would be MAC and forever will be. I used Inglot before but I didn't quite like it. Then, recently I bought from Stila but it seems like I have to buy from MAC again. I love MAC mascara because it is soft and easy to use. You can see the effect even after the first apply. Before applying mascara, I will use an eye-lash curler first. I got this from The Body Shop. From the basic make-up class that I went few years back, the trainer taught me to use eye-lash curler in 3 steps. One, when you are looking down, two, when you're looking straight and three, when you're looking up. Then, you apply a mascara. Until today, I still do not know how to apply it correctly. Some say to apply in zig-zag motion, and others to apply using the tip of the brush and work it towards the end. For me, I just apply it normally starting from my middle lashes using the middle part of the brush. I am currently using brand from Stila but I think I might change it to MAC back soon. Psst, I still do not know how to apply mascara on lower lashes! Hahaha.
7) Blusher
I'd like to try several brands of blusher as for me, blusher is the safest tool and easiest to use. There are several brands like The Body Shop, MAC, Benefits, Inglot (I was loyal to this brand before) and Marc by Marc Jacobs. Currently I am using Marc by Marc Jacobs. So far I quite like it. It is easy to apply. Since my skin is a bit tanned, I always chose a dark rose colour. Im trying to avoid any light pink or glittery blusher as I always tend to look even darker with those colors.
8) Lipstick
I have so many lipsticks but now I am currently holding to these 3 brands and colors. To be truth, I never really finished a lipstick. Before applying lipsticks, I always apply a lip balm. Before this I am using Vitamin E lip balm from The Body Shop for 3 years and now I am currently using a lip balm from the brand Loccitaine. I have tried so many brands like MAC, Benefits, Stila, Inglot, Marc by Marc Jacobs..yada yada but so far my ultimate brand would be Inglot and Smashbox. To be frank, I do not like a glossy-type of lipstick because it would make my skin darker. I love matte type. I love Inglot because they have a very nice color that suits with my skin and stays longer. I'd even gave one to my mother (by forced!) because she likes it too. Hmmph.
For make-up storage, few years ago I got myself a storage box from Sephora. I love it soo muchh! Before this I used make-up bag which is not so convenient for me because they are small and I have to dig and search for the whole bag if I need something. It is so not practical for daily usage. I only use my make-up bag if I required to travel and packed light.
I really love my make-up box and it is the best investment so far. I bought this at RM80+, I do not know how much it cost now. Guess it is much more expensive. This box has 3 different story/compartment. For the first/top compartment I put all the pencil-like-shaped make ups like eye liners, eye-brow liners and stuffs. For middle compartment, I stored my blusher, compact powders and its brushes. While for the bottom compartment is where I placed all my eye-shadow palletes. If I am not mistaken, Sephora has many sizes of these types of boxes, you can check them out.
To end this entry, this is the picture of my face at 6pm. I applied my make-up this morning at 7am. The eye-shadow is still there right? Lipstick is no more because I wiped them off when I had my lunch earlier.
Till then, bye!
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